Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Time Line xv
6. The Defining Moment Hypothesis: The Editors’ Introduction 1
7. I. The Birth of Activist Macroeconomic Policy
8. 1. Was the Great Depression a Watershed for American Monetary Policy? 23
9. 2. Fiscal Policy in the Shadow of the Great Depression 67
10. 3. The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries 87
11. II. Expanding Government
12. 4. By Way of Analogy: The Expansion of the Federal Government in the 1930s 125
13. 5. The Impact of the New Deal on American Federalism 155
14. 6. The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture, 1884-1970 181
15. III. Insuring Households and Workers
16. 7. A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation 227
17. 8. Spurts in Union Growth: Defining Moments and Social Processes 265
18. 9. The Genesis and Evolution of Social Security 297
19. IV. International Perspectives
20. 10. From Smoot-Hawley to Reciprocal Trade Agreements: Changing the Course of U.S. Trade Policy in the 1930s 325
21. 11. The Great Depression as a Watershed: International Capital Mobility over the Long Run 353
22. 12. Implications of the Great Depression for the Development of the International Monetary System 403
23. Contributors 455
24. Name Index 457
25. Name Index 465